Alain: 2045 books

Two eminent French philosophers discuss German philosophy—including the legacy of Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Adorno, Fichte, Marx, and Heidegger—from a French perspective. In this book, Alain Badiou and Jean-Luc Nancy, the two most important living philosophers in France, discuss German philosophy...

Plato's Republic is one of the best-known and most widely-discussed texts in the history of philosophy. But how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2,500 years after its original composition? Alain Badiou breathes life into Plato's landmark text and revives its universality. Rather than...

The political regime of global capitalism reduces the world to an endless network of numbers within numbers, but how many of us really understand what numbers are? Without such an understanding, how can we challenge the regime of number? In Number and Numbers Alain Badiou offers an philosophically...

The history of humanity has only just begun. The Neolithic Revolution may have endowed us with unparalleled means of communication, subsistence, and knowledge acquisition. However, it is clear in today’s world that inequality, power hierarchies, and violence persist on a greater scale than ever...

Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true happiness is or how to attain it? Or maybe nothing really matters if everything is just an illusion or a dream? These ideas are some of the central questions...

An exploration of how modern Freemasonry enabled Isaac Newton and his like-minded contemporaries to flourish • Shows that Freemasonry, as a mystical order, was conceived as something new--an amalgam of alchemy and science that had little to do with operative Freemasonry • Reveals...

Part prophecy and part erotic fantasy, this classic tale of otherworldly depravity features New York itself—or a foreigner's nightmare of New York—as its true protagonist. Set in the towers and tunnels of the quintessential American city, Alain Robbe-Grillet's novel turns this urban space into a...

Alain HERAMBOURG, journaliste et Youcef SISSAOUI, Président de l’institut National des Ars Divinatoires (INAD) les auteurs de ce livre, vous font pénétrer dans l’univers étrange et fascinant du monde de la voyance et des sciences occultes. Cet ouvrage passionnant est un véritable pavé dans...

The Space Hotel Series continues from the viewpoint of Dr. Agatha Fleischer. Aliens made Dr. Fleischer an offer she couldn't refuse: unlimited resources for her research... and no ethics laws to speak of. A dream come true for the overly ambitious doctor. But will her atrocious acts in the name of science go unpunished?Short Story, approx. 2,600 words

In this wide-ranging yet concise study, Alain de Benoist brings his incisive intelligence and wide erudition to bear on the fiercely debated subject of the mysterious origin and practical and magical functions of runes, providing the reader with a thorough grounding in the potential origin points...

Après la mort de ses parents, Louise découvre dans de vieux papiers, une photo en noir et blanc représentant des inconnus. détail curieux, l'une des personnes, une jeune fille, lui ressemble étrangement! Qui est-elle? En partant à la recherche de son passé, la jeune femme disparaît. Ce sera...

Récit d’un amoureux des mers ! Lorsqu’on a vécu comme moi parmi les indigènes, qu’on a profité de leur générosité et de leur hospitalité, et qu’on est devenu leur ami, on a en retour, envers eux, certains devoirs auxquels je ne saurais sans lâcheté me soustraire. Ce livre...

Exploring the fury of the young in a world or crisis that seems to offer no alternatives "Only martyrs know neither pity nor fear. Believe me, the day when the martyrs are victorious will be the day of universal conflagration". Jacques Lacan made this gloomy prophesy back in 1959: but doesn't...

Hotel Moonwalk is earth's first outer space hotel. Designed to be the ultimate party experience, it's a dream come true for the the world's wealthiest celebrities. But unbeknownst to its guests, an alien science vessel lurking nearby is also using the hotel...Contains the complete...